Invest in experiences, not things

Finally Cruising!

It was awesome to get back to the boat and settled back in. Thanks a bunch to our boat neighbors Jan and Chuck for picking us up at the airport. We’re lucky to have great friends in San Diego.

After quickly unpacking our stuff we spent a night aboard at Fiddlers Cove Marina and cruised over to Pier 32 on November 21. We met up with Natalie’s Dad and his wife Pam for the weekend. They made the trip out from Arizona to visit and help us with final provisioning.

Friday night Sully went to Alyse’s 4th birthday party

Saturday night we went provisioning and got ready for a boater pot luck and our going away party. It was great to get to hang out with more friends, but was super busy. It felt like a wedding reception having so many people to say “Hi” to.

Sully’s Grandma and Grandpa visited for the weekend and helped us so much with provisioning runs and watching Sully. They made him so happy by going to the National City Trolley Depot! Thank you for your help and the visit!

Barb and Sully having some drumsticks

Matt brought our watermaker back from the repair shop. Thanks for keeping it in your living room while we were on vacation!

Provisioning runs covered the quarterberth

Sully sat on his dock steps one last time. We don’t need these while we’re cruising! We’ll be using our dinghy boarding ladder to get on and off the boat.

The watermaker is a SeaQuencher 200 and it’s installed and putting out water at about 7 gallons per hour.

Watermaker test output going down the galley sink

One last snack time with Carol aboard Astraea

With Steve and Carol from S/V Dream Catcher

With Jan and Chuck from S/V WInd Watcher

Underway from Pier 32. Thanks for casting us off Jan and Chuck!

Docked at Chula Vista Yacht Club’s reciprocal dock

Eric and Lindsay took us out to dinner at BJ’s Brewhouse

Darren and Emma came over to visit

The boat basin at Chula Vista

We stayed an extra night at Chula Vista and are getting underway for Glorietta Bay to hang out on the hook through Friday and then go to LaPlaya for the weekend.

Hi! We’re Nate, Natalie and Sully and here’s our plan:

Our mantra is "Invest in experiences, not things." Our goal is to travel and experience everything life has to offer before we get too old. To meet that goal, we bought a boat and lived aboard while outfitting her for coastal cruising. We 'cut the dock lines' in November 2014 and now we are heading south along the coast from San Diego to Mexico! This blog is to help us remember our trip and so our friends and family can follow along on our journey.